ASPO Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 29, 2010 at 17:20 ASPO ANNUAL REPORT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2009 PUBLISHED Aspo's Annual Report 2009, comprising the financial statements, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditors' report is now available in Finnish, English and Swedish. A summary of 2009 releases is included in the Annual Report, and all releases are available on the company website www.aspo.com <http://www.aspo.com/> > News. The printed report will be mailed to registered shareholders. Pdf versions of the report are available on the company website www.aspo.com <http://www.aspo.com/> > Investors > Materials > Annual Reports. Copies of the printed report can be ordered through the company's website, by telephone at +358 9 521 4050 or by e-mail to jamima.lofstrom(a)aspo.com. Aspo Plc's Corporate Governance Statement 2009 is published on the company website www.aspo.com <http://www.aspo.com/> > Aspo > Management > Corporate Governance in pdf format. ASPO Plc Aki Ojanen CEO For more information, please contact Aki Ojanen, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592 aki.ojanen(a)aspo.com DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Key media www.aspo.com <http://www.aspo.com/> ATTACHMENTS: Annual Report 2009 Corporate Governance Statement 2009 Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops businesses in the Baltic Sea region focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. The aim of our strong corporate brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and Kaukomarkkinat - is to be the market leaders in their sectors. They are responsible for their own operations, customer relationships and the development of these. Together they generate Aspo's goodwill. Aspo's Group structure and business operations are developed persistently without any predefined schedules. [HUG#1398841]